Rail-joint.



No. 796,551. PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905- S. AUBRY.

RAIL. JOINT.

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PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

S. AUBRY RAIL J OINT.. APPLICATION FILED 111:0. s, 1904 2 8HEETSSHBET 2.

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PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN AUBRY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

.RAlL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed December 9, 1904. Serial No. 236.152.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, STEPHEN AUBRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rail-joints, and has for its object to provide simple and eflicient means for joining the abutting ends of railsections.

A further object is to provide ajoint which can be made without the use of bolts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the joint constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the two rail sections separated. Fig. 3 is an end view of said sections. Fig.

4 is an elevation of a modified form of joint.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 of 4. Fig. 6 is an elevation of another modification. Fig. 7 is an elevation of one of the rail-sections shown in the preceding figure. Fig. 8 is an end view of said section. Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 6.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 12 denotes one of the rails, and 13 the adjoining rail. The end of the rail 12 is formed with a tenon 14, which fits in a mortise made in the rail 13. The upper and lower ends of the tenon are made flaring, as shown at 15, and the mortise is shaped accordingly, whereby a dovetail joint is had. The mortise is made by cutting away the web of the rail 13 for a distance from its end equal to the length of the tenon and making a recess 16 in the head of said rail and a similar recess 17 in the base thereof. These recesses receive the flaring ends of the tenon, the intermediate portion thereof fitting in the space formed by cutting away the web. By this construction a substantially continuous rail is had, and by having the parts fit loosely expansion and contraction is provided for.

No bolts or fish-plates are needed for this form of joint. It is to be noted that the bases of the rail-sections abut at the middle of the joint, while the heads and webs abut on op-.

posite sides thereof. By this arrangement the rails are securely interlocked and their ends are effectively prevented from being raised or depressed by the weight of the cars on passing over the joint.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 fish-plates 18 are employed, which are bolted to the webs of the rails, as at 19, in the usual manner.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 to 9 fish-plates 20 are formed integral with the rail 12. They extend on opposite sides of the tenon and beyond the end thereof and embrace the web of the rail 13, being bolted thereto, as at 21.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail-joint comprising a rail provided with a projecting tenon having flaring upper and lower ends; and an abutting rail provided with a mortise to receive the tenon.

2. -A rail-joint comprising a rail providedwith a projecting tenon having flaring upper and lower ends; and an abutting rail having its web removed for a distance from the end thereof equal to the length of the tenon, and having mortises in its head and base to receive the flaring ends of the tenon, the intermediate portion thereof fitting -in the space formed by cutting away the web.

3. A rail-joint comprising a rail provided with a projecting tenon having flaring upper and lower ends; an abutting rail provided- STEPHEN AUBRY. Witnesses:

Jnssln A. GORDON, ELIZABETH J. PRICE. 

